Gaditanian
02-29-2020, 08:42 AM
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The Carolingian Dynasty was a family of Frankish rulers who established rule over Western Europe after the weakening of the Merovingian kings.
Their story begins in 718 AD when a man named Charles Martel (a.k.a. Charles the Hammer) became Duke of the Franks serving the puppet Frankish king Chilperic II. This King died in 720 AD and replaced by Theodoric IV who Charles had appointed himself.
By 730 AD the Frankish kingdom grew as Charles conquered many of the German peoples to the East.
The Duchy of Aquitaine had broken off and was struggling with its southern neighbor, the Umayyad Caliphate - which was until then the largest and wealthiest empire ever assembled.
The Duke of Aquitaine asked Charles for help in exchange for submission to his rule. At the famous battle of Tours, the Franks had a decisive victory against the Caliphate and by 740 AD they were no longer a critical threat to France.
After the puppet king Theodoric IV died, Charles did not replace him but also did not declare himself King. Upon Charles Martel's death his empire was split between his two sons - Pepin and Carloman.
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The Carolingian Dynasty was a family of Frankish rulers who established rule over Western Europe after the weakening of the Merovingian kings.
Their story begins in 718 AD when a man named Charles Martel (a.k.a. Charles the Hammer) became Duke of the Franks serving the puppet Frankish king Chilperic II. This King died in 720 AD and replaced by Theodoric IV who Charles had appointed himself.
By 730 AD the Frankish kingdom grew as Charles conquered many of the German peoples to the East.
The Duchy of Aquitaine had broken off and was struggling with its southern neighbor, the Umayyad Caliphate - which was until then the largest and wealthiest empire ever assembled.
The Duke of Aquitaine asked Charles for help in exchange for submission to his rule. At the famous battle of Tours, the Franks had a decisive victory against the Caliphate and by 740 AD they were no longer a critical threat to France.
After the puppet king Theodoric IV died, Charles did not replace him but also did not declare himself King. Upon Charles Martel's death his empire was split between his two sons - Pepin and Carloman.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/84ad7b693b054ae82d5b226a3f1708e1/tumblr_pm23kweAwf1tt72vuo1_400.jpg